Unemployed? 7 'Resolutions' You Need to Make for 2012 - Part 2
Written by Skip Freeman
Take Steps - Personal Strategy
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(Part II of II)
Editor’s Note: In Part I of this two-part series, international best-selling job hunting book author and professional “headhunter” Skip Freeman suggested the 7 New Year’s “resolutions” employed people should seriously consider making to land their “dream job” in the new year. In Part II, Skip offers 7 highly recommended New Year’s “resolutions” specifically designed for those who currently are unemployed and who also want to land their “dream job” in the new year.
If you entered the New Year without a job I know how you’re feeling: Discouraged, depressed, dispirited. And that’s entirely understandable given present circumstances because this year’s job market, while expected to improve at least somewhat, still is going to be mighty challenging. Why? Because not only will the unemployed be vying for the finite number of available jobs, it is estimated that anywhere from 45% to 60% of the currently employed, who say they are ready to make a career move, will also be vying for these same jobs. That’s the bad news.
The good news is that, despite the constant barrage of negative job news emanating from the media, which tend to focus nearly exclusively on the number of new jobs created in the economy, there still are jobs available—for those who can brand themselves as exceptional candidates! As a matter of fact, four million jobs were filled each and every month in 2011, with approximately three million jobs remaining unfilled at year’s end. That means that, each and every month in 2011, there were seven million opportunities to land a new job! This trend is expected to continue into the New Year.
Now, in fairness, not every available job in 2011 could be filled by everyone who was unemployed. Likewise, not every available job this year will be able to be filled by every job seeker, either. Nonetheless, there still was—and is expected to be in 2012—enough variety in the available job mix to give many job seekers, both employed and unemployed, at least a fighting chance at a new job.